Omaha daily bee., 1887-09-10
The BEGINNING OF THE END.
The Closing Day Of the Races and Next to
Last of the Fair.
FINE SERIES OF TURF EVENTS.
Omaha's Great and Successful Fair
Closing with the Continued Bless.
ings OF Fine Weather and
Mammoth Attendance.
The Fifth Day.

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they were we'll rewarded. Although the
attendance was not SO large as on Thurs
, day. yet there was big crowd on the
grounds.
1t has been great fair-a grand sue
cess. No one before ever saw such
crowds here or such magnificent displays
as attracted them: such an assemblage
of thoroughbred stock, such warehouses
of agricultural machinery and the pro.
ducts of the factory and the foundry, OF
hand, machine and loom. No one ever
before. in this section, beheld such a
magnificent show in agricultural Won
ders, IN corn and wheat, oats, barley
rye, buckwheat, IN the products OF the
orchard and the garden, and in fact IN
everything that the green earth sends
forth or the ingenuity OF man has in
vented or fashioned.
The management is to be congratu.
lated upon this ilattering result, and all
due credit accorded them for the thor
Ough and efficient way in which the ex-
position has been attended to.
The following were awarded pre-.
miums
Mrs. Edwin Davis, Omaha, first prem.
ium-Best portrait in oil, and diploma,
fancy painting in oil, animal painting,
fruit painting in oil, collection of five oil
paintings; Mrs. G, g. Higginson, Omaha,
second premium-Portrait in OIL; Miss
Annie Hungate, second premlum--Best
oil painting, made in the state; M. 5.
Hazelton, first premium-Oil painting
make in the state, original oil painting,
Nebraska landscapes; second premium
Fruit painting in oil and original oil
painting. Nebraska landscape; Mrs. j. G.
Whlnnery, second northumberland
painting; Mrs. G. b; Higginson. fancy
painting in oil, diploma; Miss Mabel
Orchard, best carving in wood, diploma;
painting on bolting cloth, first premium;
Miss Maud Miller, Omaha, painted
panel flowers in oil; second premium;
Mrs. Conover. Omaha, panel blue flag in
oil. first premiums; Mrs. F. j. McShanc.
screen. first premium and first premium
on hand painted Chinese plaque; Jennie
McClelland, hand painted face, first
crayon, second premium; Fl; P. Gray,
plain photographs, first premium; +. A.
Rhlnehart, collection of photographs,
first premium; Miss Bell Humphrey,
four cases prepared insects, diploma;
Daisy Doane crayon drawing other than
portraits; Joseph Nichols, engraving;
pre%um pn1a fJoe John M s0eMSS5z Norton 'eSSna ost
boxes made by hand, diploma, r. v.
Slocum Crandall, type writer, diploma;
Mrs. l.. V. Williams, tapestry painting
on canvass cloth, first premium; Hugh
b. Thomas, two crayons, first premium:
: best patriotic design, Mrs j. S. Briggs
diploma; camel mantle, Miss Mable
Orchard, pallet work fine screen, first
crazy quilt, first premium; Virginia G..
Willard Gibbon, cross stitch embroidery,
second premium; Miss Nora O'Connor,
Omaha crazy quilt. second premium;
Miss Ida Otis, limerick Bay embroidery,
first premium; Miss Ada Valley, hand
kerchef case, second premium, and
fancy paper work, first premium; Mrs.
o George Sheiber, Omaha, sample crochet
work, grst premium; Miss N. A. Mckay,
= linen lace. second premium; Miss j. A.
Payne took first premium on carriage
nfghan, hemstltching, crochet in pearl,
second premium on rick rack; Mrs f. +.
@ Fay, special darning, second premiums
Miss +. Hogeboon, Omaha, hand
stitched sofa pillows. first premium; Mrs
second premium; Miss Kate Morris, drawn
work, second premium and best white
npron first premium. State Industrial
school, Kearney, took first premium on
button hole worsted, worsted and stitch
ed splasher, bag and material, and pail
of knit mittens, second premium on pair
crochet slippers and pair OF knit init
tons, and honorable mention on pair Of
embroidered silk table scarf. Hauland,
Omaha worsted wreath, diplomat, pillow
shams, first premium. w. w. Beimer
broom holder, first premium, Emms
Winan: crochet tidy, first premium
Sarah q. Blair, Omaha, took first pre-
cards and knit lace, and second pre-
MUM on pillow shams; Miss Persi
Smith took first premium on neatest 81!
button holes on cotton, and also on silk
G. b. Brown, Utica. etching, tidy frs
premium; Mamie M. Briggs, Omaha
took first premium on hand made sklr
and plain night dress; Ona Crelgh-
MUM; Mrs. George Scheller, croche
worsted work, first premium; Mrs. W
f. Grafton took first premium on sill
embroidery and patch work quilt; Mrs
George Shelter. rick rack, first premium
j. q. McGath. embroidery draperv, iirs
premium, and first premium on Gallo
patch work quilt; Mrs. S. Larsen, knit
man, crochet work in linen; Jennie l
Maglnn took first premium in crc
chet slippers and bag, and sec
ond premium in crochet wOrsted lace
Miss Ida Otis, limerick, embroidere
toilet set, second premium Mary +. Fay
Princeton, H., sample Of knitting; Mr.
n. IA. Ropp, Omaha. hand,made qn
Aiot premium, AuAoo AZ
Wally limerick, toilet set embroidery
first premium, Hattie Harland. speci,
head embroidery; first premium, 5.
Smith, child's dress and silk embroider
on machines; first premium, Clara Krutl
Omaha, infants crochet shirt; second pr
MUM, Miss Ida Otis, limerick, specime
of Kensington knitting, diploma.
Poultry-S. S. Borten, Blue Spring
buff and partridge Cochin chicks, fir
premiums; ii. j. Hesser, Plattsmout
light Brahma. second premium; Klr
Bros, Blue Springs, silver spangle
chicks. black fowls, black chicks, fir
premium; Bartlett u Allen, Millar
golden polish bearded fowls and chick
frst. second and third premiums; Ba
dorf & Riley, Omaha, Plymouth roc
chicks, first premium; Kirk Bros, Bl,
Springs Houdan chicks, first premium
Bartlett & Allen, Plymouth rock fowl
first premium; s. S. Barten, Blue Spring
bronze fowls, first premium; w. j. He
ser, Plattsmouth, best pair Aylesbu
ducks, first premium; IL. q. Glipma
Omaha, Cayuga ducks. second premium
Rouen ducks, first premium; ). s. Ba
fou tool, fret ,,ran,,uns in whitp a